Universal baby nursery



Oct. 16, 1956 1 G. SAW

UNIVERSAL BABY NURSERY Filed Sept. 50, 1955 I Y INVENTOR:

JOSEP/1 6, `514V/ BY M United safes Patent o UNIVERSAL BABY NURSERYJoseph G. Savi, Bronx, N. Y.

Application September 30, 195B, Serial No. 383,303

2 Claims. (Cl. 5-93) My present invention relates to nursery furnitureand more particularly to a piece ofuniversal furniture adapted to beused as a crib, baby walker, play pen, tableand-chair combination, oraid in toilet training.

In patent application Ser. No. 731,534, filed February 28, 1947, byMichael A. Camerino .and myself (since abandoned), we have disclosed acombined crib and baby walker comprising a collapsible frame, aretractable seat member adapted to serve as a toilet seat, and a floorboard adjustablyfpositionable on the frame Iat different elevations. v

The object of my instant invention is to provide an improved -device ofthe general character set out above, of simple construction, inexpensiveto manufacture and conveniently convertible from one of theaforementioned uses to another.

A feature of my invention resides in 1a slidable body support which isguided in a pair of horizontal channels by means of two pairs of dowels,removal of the support from the frame without disassembly of the latterbeing possible by the provision of slots or notches through which thedowels of each pair may be lifted, one at a time, from their guidechannel.

Another feature of my invention resides in a rotatable ioor board havinga hard and a soft surface, the former serving as a walking iloor whenthe support is in place, the latter affording a cushioned restingsurface when the support has been removed and the device is used as acrib.

A further feature of my invention resides in the provision of a pivotedseat member which when placed in a depending position will form part ofan end wall of the crib, thereby preventing the infant from leaving theenclosure, yet which when positioned horizontally will uncover anaperture large enough to permit withdrawal of the floor board from theframe.

The above and other features and objects of my invention will becomemore fully apparent from the following detailed description of a nowpreferred embodiment, reference being had to the accompanying drawing inwhich:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a piece of nursery furniture accordingto the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,illustrating in dot-dash lines the removal of the body support from theframe;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, illustrating in dot-dashlines the removal of the floor board; and

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the removed floor board.

The device shown in the drawing comprises a rectangular frame providedwith four legs 11, side boards 12a, 12b and end boards 13a, 13bextending between these legs at the top of the frame, side moldings 14a,14b and end moldings 15a, 15b extending between these legs near thebottom of the frame, and bars 16a, 16h, 16e substantially closing thetwo sides :and one end of the frame.

The side boards 12a, 12b are provided with two hori- 2,766,464 PatentedYOct. 16, 1956 zontal channels 17a, 17b serving for the guidance of abody support 18 provided with an aperture 19. The support 18 carries oneach side a pair of dowels, as shown in Fig. 2 where part of the sideboard 12b has been broken away to expose the dowels 20', 20" received inchannel 17b. The side boards are further provided with notches 21a, 2lbjust wide enough to accommodate the dowels 20', 20 and communicating,respectively, with the channels 17a, 17b. The support 18 can be removedfrom the frame 10 by first aligning the front dowels 20 with the notches21a, 2lb, then pivoting the support about rear dowels 20 and lifting thefront dowels out of the guide channels 17a, 17b, and sliding the supportforwardly to align the rear dowels with the notches so as to enabletheir withdrawal; this will be apparent from Fig. 3 where anintermediate position of the support has been illustrated in dot-dashlines.

Pivotally lodged in the end moldings 15a, 15b is a floor board 22 whichas shown may comprise a wooden frame 23, a wooden panel 24 extendingacross one side of the frame, cushioning material (e. g. soft rubber) 25filling the inside of the frame 23, and a fabric 26 covering theexterior of the floor board with the exception of panel 24. A pin 27,extending rearwardly from wooden frame 23, is receivable in either oftwo vertically spaced bores 28', 28 in the rear molding 15b; a crank 29,extending forwardly from frame 23, forms the other pivot and isreceivable in either a straight notch 30 or a curved notch 30 in frontmolding 15a, the latter notch forming a bearing for the crank 29underneath the bottom of notch 30. The bores 2S', 2S afford sucient playto` allow the tilting of floor board 22, as shown in dot-dash lines inFig. 3, for the purpose of withdrawing the crank 29 from either of itstwo notches. lt will thus be seen that the floor board may beselectively placed in an upper or in a lower position, depending onwhether pin 27 and crank 29 :are placed in bore 28' and notch 30 or inbore 28 and notch 30, respectively.

In order to guard against spontaneous rotation of the oor board 22, aspring-pressed indexing pin 31 is mounted in front molding 15a ineccentric position. Floor board 22 is provided with two pairs -of holes32', 32" .and 33', 33", as best seen in Fig. 5, which are selectivelyengageable by the pin 31 depending on whether the floor board is in itsupper or its lower position and whether the panel 24 is at the top or atthe bottom thereof. In Fig. 3, where the board is in its upper positionwith the panel 24 at the top, pin 31 enters the hole 32.

The opening between head board 13a and head molding 15a, through whichthe floor board 22 may be withdrawn as illustrated in dot-dash lines inFig. 4, is normally blocked by a seat member 33 pivoted in the two frontlegs 11 by means of pins 34; one of these pins may be spring-loaded inthe well-known manner, if desired, to facilitate removal of the seatmember from the frame 10. In order to secure member 33 in its horizontalposition illustrated in Figs. 2-4, a pair of short bars 35 are rotatablymounted thereon and when turned at right angles to the seating surface,as best seen in Figs. 3 and 4, will brace the member 33 against the headboard 13a. The board 13a may be provided with shallow recesses 36, asshown, to receive the bars 35 when the seat 33 is taken into use.

Seat member 33 is shown provided with an aperture 37 so as to be usableas a toilet seat, for which purpose a pot (not shown) may be placedunderneath the same when required. It will be apparent that ya suitablecover or plug, not shown, may be provided for aperture 37 if desired,and that a similar lid could be placed upon aperture 19 of body support18 when the latter is to be used, for example, as a play table inconjunction with seat 33. A pair ofV strips 38 on molding 15a preventthe seat from being pushed outwardly when in its depending position(Fig. 1).

It will thus be apparent that I have provided a universal baby nurserywhich will benefit both the infant and the parent or guardian by itsgreat versatility and by the many practical features combined therein.The infant may use my device for purposes of sleeping, eating, play ingand elimination, and in addition will be able to get from it all thephysical exercise required for the health and development of a growingbody. The mother or nurse, at the same time, will not need to worryabout any possibility of the baby wandering off or incurring bodilyharm, being secure in the knowledge that her child is safe within theenclosure provided by this device.

Various departures from the specic arrangement described and illustratedare, of course, possible without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

l. In a piece of nursery furniture, in combination, a frame providedwith a pair of parallel, horizontal channels, a supporting member ofsubstantially rectangular configuration, said member having an apertureadapted to receive the body of an infant, a pair of horizontally spaceddowels on each of two opposite sides of said member, said dowels beingreceived in said channels, said frame being provided with a pair ofaligned notches communicating with said channels, respectively, saiddowels being withdrawable through said notches for removal of saidsupporting member from said frame, a floor board removably secured tosaid frame below said member, said frame having four sides including oneopen side permitting the withdrawal of said oor board therethrough, aseat pivoted to said frame near the top thereof at said open side andmovable between a horizontal and a sub stantially vertical position,said seat obstructing said open side in said vertical position, andmeans for securing said seat in side horizontal position.

2. ln a piece of nursery furniture, in combination, a four-sided framesubstantially closed on three sides, a licor board removably secured tosaid frame, said frame having an open fourth side permitting thewithdrawal of said lioor board therethrough, a seat member pivoted nearthe top to said fourth side of said frame and movable between ahorizontal and a substantially vertical position, said seat membersubstantially closing said frame at said fourth side in said verticalposition, and bracing means on said seat member adapted to engage saidframe for maintaining said seat member in said horizontal position.

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